Sign up here if you seen a 30000 home gate at BHAFC before.

[LamieRobertson]

the Wolves league cup game, and dread to say it but they were my favourite (1st Div ) team then & had my favourite player Dave Wagstaffe.....

if memory serves me correct we lost three/two...after beating pompey n birmingham in previous rounds...hmm...dougan played and scored as well ye?

 

[Official Old Man]

Hand in the air shouting 'me me me'.
Best thing about Wolves was that I had 4 seats as the three people who normally sit next either side didn't turn up!

 

[Weststander]

Yes. As a lad, was lucky enough to be at every single one of the Peter Taylor-Alan Mullery era, 30,000+ gates at a heaving Goldstone. Often thought there were many more there, as club owners in those days beat the VAT man by not declaring the true terracing attendance.

Great times, and they are back again!

 

[sams dad]

 

[sully]

I was in a few 30k crowds at the Goldstone in the 70s.

 

[Cesar Chavez]

Rochdale & Bournemouth, 71-72
Charlton x2

Rochdale seemed to be the most rammed, looking on from the chicken run on the east there didn't seem to be a single space anywhere.

I remember the segregation being a bit vague for the first Charlton (77-78), remember a few bottles being luzzed back and forth between the north and north -east corner, think that was when the motor cycle bobbies with their crash helmets on used to form a line up the dividing fence. Don't think plods health & safety would allow that today!

 

[lighthouse]

the Wolves League Cup game was the first 30k game for me, and have only missed one of the subsequent 30k games.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Derby 1977 33000
Rochdale 1977 33000

Then.... ME! ME!!

I wouldnt have know if you hadnt told me

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

if memory serves me correct we lost three/two...after beating pompey n birmingham in previous rounds...hmm...dougan played and scored as well ye?

a couple of people have made a similar post, i remember losing 3-2 at home to Wolves in the late 70's but would stake my house it was the 3rd Rd of The FA Cup. did we lose twice in the cup to them by this score?

 

[Brovion]

a couple of people have made a similar post, i remember losing 3-2 at home to Wolves in the late 70's but would stake my house it was the 3rd Rd of The FA Cup. did we lose twice in the cup to them by this score?

Yes we did. We lost 3-2 at home to them in 1969 in the 3rd round of the League Cup (crowd of 32,539), and then we lost 3-2 to them again ten years later in 1979 in the 3rd round of the FA Cup (crowd of 25,217)

 

[meanmachine25]

me to 83

 

[mune ni kamome]

Chelsea was my first and most of the others afterwards

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

Yes we did. We lost 3-2 at home to them in 1969 in the 3rd round of the League Cup (crowd of 32,539), and then we lost 3-2 to them again ten years later in 1979 in the 3rd round of the FA Cup (crowd of 25,217)

cheers

 

[BLOCK F]

34,644 - v Rochdale, 3 May 1972

Same here.
Seem to recall that reports said there were another 3000 who couldn't get in that evening.John Templeman scored for us I think.........finished 1-1.We went up and Rochdale stayed up.Surprise surprise!
Say other 30,000 games but that one really stands out.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

12 according to Tim Carder & Roger Harris's book. I also missed a home game with Charlton in 1978 that was over 30K.

32,539 v Wolves (1969, League Cup 3rd round), 32,036 v Reading (Easter 1970), 30,600 v Bournemouth (Promotion battle Dec 27 1971), 34,766 v Rochdale (Promotion clincher 1972), 33,300 v Palace, 33,500 v Derby (League Cup 4th round 1976), 30,756 v Sheff Wed (promotion clincher, 1977) 32,979 v Southampton, 32,647 v Tottenham, 33,431 v Blackpool, 32,634 v West Ham (1978), 30,859 v Charlton (Easter 1979)

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

For me it was the Derby game and a couple of others around the late 70s

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

if memory serves me correct we lost three/two...after beating pompey n birmingham in previous rounds...hmm...dougan played and scored as well ye?

Dougan was rested. They played David Woodfield, normally a central defender, in the number 9 shirt and he scored. My main memory of the game is the North Stand goal festooned in toilet roll after each of our goals (from Alan Gilliver and Eddie Spearritt).

 

[Doc Lynam]

Anyone know the capacity v Arsenal was it in 82?

 

[mune ni kamome]

Yes we did. We lost 3-2 at home to them in 1969 in the 3rd round of the League Cup (crowd of 32,539), and then we lost 3-2 to them again ten years later in 1979 in the 3rd round of the FA Cup (crowd of 25,217)

I've mentioned this before with no response but in one of these games Hugh Curran lobbed our keeper with a huge "up and under" from way out which landed almost on the goal line but then bounced safely up and over over the bar. Does anyone remember that?

 

[Dave the OAP]

Been to all since 1976...can't remember any from 74 to. 76.